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Barney, Everett H

inventor, manufacturer, was born Dec. 7, 1835, in Framingham, Mass. He has attained success as a manufacturer and inventor, and the Barney and Berry skates have a world-wide reputation.

Barney, John

congressman. He was a member of congress from Maryland from 1825 to 1827. He left behind him an unfinished record of Personal Recollections of Men and Things. He died Jan. 26, 1856, in Washington, D. C.

Barney, Joshua

naval officer, commodore, was born in 1759 in Baltimore, Md. He entered the naval service of the revolution in 1775, and was active during the whole war. He bore the American flag to the French national convention in 1796, and entered the French service. He returned to America in 1800, and took part in the war of 1812. He died in 1818 in Pittsburg, Pa.

Barney, Samuel S

lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 31, 1846, in Hartford, Wis. He was educated in the public schools and at Lombard university, Galesburg, Ill., and taught the high school in Hartford for four years. He has practiced his profession at West Bend, Wis., since 1873. He filled the office of superintendent of schools of Washington county from 1876 to 1880, and was elected to the fiftyfourth and fifty-fifth congresses.

Barnfield, Thomas P

lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born March 25, 1844, in Boston, Mass. He was admitted to the Rhode Island bar in 1870, and was city solicitor of Pawtucket for eleven years. He was judge of the probate court for three years, and was a member of the legislature of Rhode Island for three years.

Barnitz, Charles A

congressman.

He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1833 to 1835. He died in March, 1850, in York, Pa.

Barnum, Henry A

soldier, was born Sept. 24, 1833, in Jamesville, N. Y. He was brevetted major-general in 1865. In 1866 he resigned, having declined a colonelcy in the regular army, and became inspector of prisons in New York. He was deputy tax commissioner from 1869 till 1872, and was for five years harbor-master of New York.

In 1885 he was elected as a republican to the New York state assembly.

Barnum, Phineas Taylor

showman, author, was born July 5, 1810, in Bethel, Conn. He was the son of a farmer and tavern keeper, and became a successful showman of world-wide fame. He was the author of Humbugs of the World; Struggles and Triumphs, or Forty Years' Recollections; Lion Jack, or How Menageries are Made; and Autobiography. He was the best known and He most popular circus showman ever engaged in that business in America. died April 7, 1891, in Bridgeport, Conn.

Barnum, Zenas

civil engineer, capitalist, was born Dec. 9, 1810, in Wilkesbarre, Pa. He was a civil engineer, but became proprietor of Barnum's hotel in Baltimore, in the management of which he acquired a large fortune. Later he became president of the Baltimore Central railroad. He died April 5, 1865, in Baltimore, Md.

Barr, Charles

educator, was born April 8, 1860, in Watertown, N. Y. In 1887 he accepted the chair of natural science in Baldwin university of Berea, Ohio, and in 1888 he became professor of astronomy and applied mathematics, and acting professor of biology in Albion college, of Albion, Mich.

Barr, George Tillotson

banker, state senator, was born Feb. 4, 1851, in Terre Haute, Ind. He is a successful banker of Mankato, Minn., of which city he has been mayor. In 1889 he served as a representative in the Minnesota state legislature; was a state senator during 1891-97, and president pro tem of the senate during the sessions of 1895 and 1897.